Yesterday the Norwegian theatre arranged Lunch and poems. It's the first time I have attended the arrangement, and I have to say it's not going to be the last. The mood and vibes when somebody reads out loud, and especially poems is something special. I haven't read poems for a long time, but this made me want to read poems again. The poems for Saturday was all written from Marie Takvam, and I have never heard of her before. She had some touching poems and with a touch of humor in them too. I have to pop into the library and borrow some of her works. Lunch and poems was not attended without a knitting project, of course. Today's knitting project was still Ease in Wollmeise. I also started Rilletrøje by Lene Holme Samsøe in Drops Merino Extra Fine. The size is going to be approximately 5 years, I think.

The sun is shining, it's Friday and I've been at a lecture and after that I popped into the opening of a new knitting store, StrikkeLilly. Can hardly be better than that. Today's knitting project was Ease in Wollmeise. I started the rib at the end of the yoke. It has been a quite quick knit since it's mostly stockinette stitch. What was most time consuming was to figure out the right number of stitches to get the right fit.

StrikkeLilly is a new knitting shop, earlier known as Bentes Boutique at Bjølsen. It has changed the owner and the name, and today it was the official opening. I popped by, and I got a waffle and coffee outside the store. Today they had a special offer 20% off on yarn. I bought 8 skeins of Drops Merino Extra Fine and a 100g skein of Regia in colors by Arne & Carlos, I also bought 4 cute buttons. Since it was the opening, I got a small bag full of lovely treats, a skein red Falk, beige Sandnes alpaca, purple Sandnes duo, buttons, a small notebook, red scissors, a small embroidery, brown embroidery yarn and a set of KnitPro 3,75 dpn. What a lovely surprise!

Suddenly busy with work and the normal days again, and blogging just hasn't been prioritized. I have to do something about that again. This weekend I've been in Amsterdam, and as a knitting mad and yarn hoarder in Amsterdam I had to stop by Stephen & Penelope. They have changed place and have gotten a bigger store. It's also a lot easier to find the new store, since the old store was in a small street that were never on any map I got. The new store is in a big street and a lot easier to find. The store is so full of great yarn and temptations. I had decided to buy yarn there, and I had luckily a hotel close to the store. This meant I could walk to the store in a couple of minutes and I could go there all by myself. The new store is in Nieuwe Hoogstraat, close to Rembrandtplein. Since I could go by myself, I had a lot of time to take a closer look at all the goodies. I ended up with Madelinetosh, a couple of skeins of Hedgehog fibres, a skein of Malabrigo and a skein of Schoppenwolle Admiral. What I am going to knit of the yarn? I have no idea yet, but look at the colors. How could I leave them in the store?

I have done some knitting lately too. I have finished another Marius-sweater in Drops alpaca. This one in the size L. I also did some knitting at the plane home from Amsterdam. Always nice to have some time for knitting.

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